Si-Do

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Detski Muzicki Festival Si-Do was Macedonian children festival held annually in Bitola.Every November, Bitola welcomed the children's song festival "Si-Do" that in resent years has gained much support from the audience. Children from across the country participate on this event which is usually consisted of 15-20 songs. This festival is supported by the Agency for Estrada "FERIJAL Marketing" from Bitola which organizes this event under a different topic every year.Until 1997, the only award at this festival is for interpretation.The name of the festival was derived from Petar Sidovski,the most famous composer from Bitola.

The most popular singer,Karolina Goceva also sang at this festival in 1991.The M2 production singer Dimitar Andonovski sang in 1994,the popular song 'Koga Ema bi znaela'.Katerina Kondoklocis sang the song 'Deca Bozji' in the same year.Hristijan Spirovski sang at the last edition of this festival with the song Marija.So,some of the most talented children became one of the most popular Macedonian singers at this time.

Many composers from Bitola such as Petar Sidovski, Kire Kostov, Slave Dimitrov, Petar Gorgjiev-Kalica, Kiril Todorovski, Milko Lozanovski, Miodrag and Marjan Necak composed many songs for this festival.The general director was Pande Talevski,but the art director of the festival was Kire Kostov.The conductor of the Si-Do choir was Snezana Naumovska.Ivan Georgievski was the dance coordinator of the festival.